Gamzat-bek

Gamzat-bek (1789-1834) was the Imam of the Caucasian Imamate from 1832 to 1834, succeeding Ghazi Muhammad and preceding Imam Shamil.

Biography
Gamzat-bek was born in Dagestan, Avar Khanate in 1789, and he came from a family of Avar nobility. He was educated by Muslim preachers and became an avid follower of a Sufi order. During the Caucasian War, he became the Imam of the Caucasian Imamate following Ghazi Muhammad's death, and he attacked the pro-Russian and anti-Sufi Avar khans in 1834. He captured the Avar capital of Khunzakh and executed its female ruler and her sons, but Hadji Murad and other supporters of the Avar khans conspired against Gamzat-bek and killed him, leading to Imam Shamil becoming the third Caucasian imam.